IMAGERY COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS SUBCOMMITTEE OF COMIREX, MINUTES OF MEETING 10:00 - 13:30 TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER 1968

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• Publication Date: October 24, 1968
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AGENDA
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ICRS-M-18, Tuesday 22 October 1968
Room 1G-38, Headquarters
1. U-2 Reconnaissance Briefing - CIA/OSA,
2. KH-4 Orbit Search and WAG Programming Briefing -
3. Approval of Minutes - 15 October Meeting.
4. Satellite Schedule - NRO
5. South China/North Vietnam Priority List.
(ICRS-D-618-93)
6. Readout Requirements - 1105.
7. Update COMIREX Target File.
8. Other Business.
Group I
Excluded from automatic down-
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NRO review(s)
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25X1A 3 ksked for clarification of COMIREX required actions on
the Target omina i . He stated it is his understanding that the Form has
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that it is his understanding that the Nomination Form and criteria were to be submitted
to COMIREX for approval as a package and that neither had been approved as yet. Mr.
stated that he would inquire as to their status.
SATELLITE SCHEDULE
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reported the satellite launch schedule as follows:
1105 - 30 Oct 1968
1106 - 11 Dec 1968
1049 - Z9 Jan 1969
1107 - 1Z Mar 1969
10 50 - 14 May 1969
25X1A 5, I I requested NRO to provide information on how much of the 1105
color film is plannerr for engineering and how many feet of film are expended in a
25X1Aminimum burst. will provide information at next weeks meeting.
25X1A 6, requested a copy of the 1105 orbit ground traces' be provided
ICRS as soon as posse e after the orbit had been selected.
SOUTH CHINA/NORTH VIETNAM PRIORITY LIST
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Priorities List based on the CIA recommendation of 7 October and approved by ICRS
at the 8 October meeting.
8. A handout of the usable coverage of South China priority targets since
968, compiled by the ICRS Staff, was distributed to the members. At Mr.
equest a similar recap of North Korea COMIREX targets for this same time
perio will be compiled and disseminated to the members.
25X1A 9. inquired if these requirements would interfere with the
intelligence requirements. The Chairman replied that if they were placed at a priority
level below the primary intelligence collection requirements on the "J" Mission
Priorities Paper there should be no interference. However, other factors are also
involved and should be considered.
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/to provide this data.
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recommended that NPIC include the extent and quality of
dback report to ICRS.
equested that the ICRS Staff check for duplication between the
I and the approved I CR list.
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13. DIA questioned why the requirement could not be met with aircraft resources.
25X1A 14. The I I requirements were accepted for 1 105 program:-
ming and the Chairman i e a3ither the answers for questions on these targets
by the time the priorities paper is considered.
A. I. D. REQUIREMENT
25X1A 15. reevFxedrequest received from A. I. D. to support certain
crop production studies with KH-4 photography. The members requested additional 25X1A
information such as seasonal requirements, minimum cloud-free photography required,
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1105 PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS
16. The Chairman opened the discussion by recommending that consideration
be given to use the WAG numbering system in lieu of assigning COMIREX numbers to
each WAG used to identify specific areas required for search.
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25X1A 17. inquired if NPIC would feed back extent and quality of WAG
25Xl yeas with WAG identifier. I I stated that this was being accomplished by
NPIC on North Vietnam and if deemed necessary it would appear that the same require-
ment could be levied through EXSUBCOM on WAG areas. He pointed out that all
COMIREX targets would continue to be reported as in the past. NPIC prefers the use
of some standard identifier rather than a fictional number presently assigned.
25X1A 18. I recommended that the Chairman, DBWG, be contacted since
he also is involved in WAG reporting in their area coverage files.
replied that any proposals will be coordinated with pertinent COMI subcommittees
,and working groups.
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25X1A 19. Indicated his support in using WAG areas to express requirements.
However, d that present flexibility for inputting requirements i. e. by
geographic boundaries, COMIREX number, or other means be retained. The Chairman
assured him this would be the case but that those boundaries can be converted to WAG
areas which offers a more definitive method of defining search areas of irregular
shape than does the corner coordinate system.
25X1A 20. stated that he would schedule a presentation from the OSP/ CIA
CORONA Programming Office for next week to familiarize the members with how the
WAG areas are handled in the CORONA Programming as well as the AMS plans for
reporting area coverage.
21. The targets for 1105 programming are listed in attachment number 1. Those
targets that are color requirements only are listed separately.
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1048 MONO COVERAGE
25X1A 22. displayed an overlay oft monoscopic coverage achieved on
Mission 1 048 at ter one camera failed on Rev 181. inquired if the NPIC had
been asked if the monoscopic coverage was accep a e ior arch purposes. The
Chairman replied that NPIC had responded in the negative to the same question asked
by the Chairman, COMIREX, last Thursday.
23, The members felt that a briefing by NPIC on the usefulness of monoscopic
coverage on 1048 would be advisable. The Chairman asked the NPIC consultant to
request an NPIC review of the monoscopic coverage on 1048 and report back to ICRS
on 29 October.
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GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE PAPER
25X1A 24. I I stated some questions on the paper had been received from
various organizations and while no major objections to the overall concept, as out-
lined in the DIA draft paper had been voiced, there were some areas that needed
;zlarification. He recommended that his office prepare a revised draft and an ad hoc
meeting of interested organizations be held as soon as possible to prepare a coordinated
paper which could be distributed at the 22 October ICRS meeting and possibly noted to
the COMIREX on the 24th. /It was subsequently agreed the ICRS Staff would distribute
a revised draft NLT 17 October and an ad hoc meeting would be held Monday, 21 October
at Langley. !
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>g~ At least twice for the designated areas, then three times in order of priority given,
then four times also in order of priority given.
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stated DIA was working on proposed orbit select criteria
but had not c m . e e sk as yet and asked the latest date it could be accepted.
said he must have the criteria by opening of business on the 17th. Mr.
requested the DIA criteria be provided by Wednesday so it could be given
the in the required time frame. /DIA subsequently provied the following require-
ments which would preceed the CIA proposed orbit select criteria. The NRO was asked
to develop at least two orbits, one optimized against the CIA proposed criteria and
the second optimized against the DIA requirements. The NRO was also requested to
,rovide the results to ICRS so an evaluation of the differences can be accomplished and
decision provided the NRO:
Cheng Kung Sup Dpo Nort
Kun. Ming Ammo and Sup Dpo Ta Pan Chiao
Kun Ming General Sup Dp
I Liang Army Bks South
27. DIA was asked by the Chairman to address the problems associated with
accepting the recommendations concerning the redesignation of certain 6B and 7A
targets to the more descriptive 1K categories which had been recommended on the
8 October weekly transaction sheets. responded that the primary
problem is one of bookkeeping and a erence data that must be
associated with the proposed changes. This would be especially true if this practice
would be necessary on a large scale. stated the recommendations under
discussion were a clear cut case of targets being in a category that is not truly
descriptive. I I acknowledging there were cases where a changed
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COMIREX category would be desirable, asked that the present changes be held in
abeyance until after the current 3-way compare between the ICRS v DIA and NPIC
target lists is completed. /DIA subsequently concurred in making the proposed
changes immediately. /
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28 I Irequested any non-concurrence with the weekly transaction
sheets distributed be provided ICRS by noon 17 October. noted that
is short suspense normally did not allow DIA sufficient time to oroug y review
25' 1 'requested actions and inquired what action the ICRS Staff was taking when the DIA
review of the WTS was completed and the WTS returned to the ICRS Staff. Col.
I stated it did not appear to him that all DIA recommended actions were
being plished and inquired as to the ICRS procedures being employed. Mr.
I stated he would like to review the ICRS procedures and that they would be
discussed at the 22 October ICRS meeting. Action on the 15 October WTS was held
in abeyance until this date.
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